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# Sirach 24

Sirach 24 is chapter 24 of 51 in the Book of Sirach. Here are all 47 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Wisdom praiseth herself: her origin, her dwelling, her dignity, and her fruits.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Sirach 24 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Wisdom will praise her own mind, and she will be honored by God, and she will be glorified in the midst of her people.
2. And she will open her mouth in the churches of the Most High, and she will be glorified in the sight of his virtue.
3. And in the midst of her own people, she will be exalted. And she will be admired by the holy assembly.
4. And she will have praise within the multitude of the elect. And she will be blessed among the blessed. And she will say:
5. “I went forth from the mouth of the Most High, as the first-born before all creatures.
6. I caused an unfailing light to arise in the heavens. And I covered all the earth like a cloud.
7. I lived in the highest places, and my throne is in the pillar of a cloud.
8. I alone have encompassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated to the depths of the abyss, and have walked upon the waves of the sea,
9. and have stood upon the whole earth. And among every people,
10. and in every nation, I have held primacy.
11. And by virtue, I have tread upon the hearts of all, the great and the lowly. And I have sought my rest in all of them. And I will continue, as the inheritance of the Lord.
12. Then the Creator of all things instructed and spoke with me. And the One who created me rested in my tabernacle.
13. And he said to me: ‘Let your dwelling place be with Jacob, and let your inheritance be in Israel, for you shall take root among my elect.’
14. From the beginning, and before the world, I was created. And even unto the future world, I will not cease to exist. For I have ministered before him in the holy habitation.
15. And in this way, I was established in Zion. And likewise, in the holy city, I found rest. And my authority was in Jerusalem.
16. And I took root among an honorable people, within the portion of my God, within his inheritance. And so my abode is in the full assembly of the saints.
17. I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon and like a cypress on Mount Zion.
18. I was exalted like a palm tree in Kadesh and like a rose bush in Jericho.
19. I was exalted like a beautiful olive tree in the plains, and like a sycamore tree beside the waters along a wide road.
20. I gave off an aromatic fragrance like cinnamon or balsam. I produced a sweet odor like the best myrrh.
21. And I perfumed my dwelling place with sweet gum, and aromatic resin, and flower petals, and aloe, as well as the finest cedar from Lebanon. And my fragrance is like undiluted balsam.
22. I have extended my branches like a terebinth tree, and my branches are of honor and grace.
23. Like the vine, I have born the fruit of a sweet fragrance. And my flowers are the fruit of honor and integrity.
24. I am the mother of the beauty of love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope.
25. All grace of the way and of the truth is in me. All hope of life and of virtue is in me.
26. Journey toward me, all you who desire me, and be filled by my harvest.
27. For my spirit is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance is better than honey and the honeycomb.
28. My memory is for the generations of all ages.
29. Whoever consumes me will hunger still. And whoever drinks me will thirst still.
30. Whoever listens to me will not be confounded. And whoever acts in me will not sin.
31. Whoever elucidates me will have eternal life.”
32. All this is a book of life, and a covenant of the Most High, and an acknowledgement of truth.
33. Moses commanded the law by the precepts of justice, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob, and the promises to Israel.
34. God appointed David as his servant, in order to raise up from him a most mighty King, who would sit upon the throne of honor forever.
35. It is he who fulfills wisdom, like the Phison river and the Tigris river in the first days.
36. It is he who fulfills understanding, like the river Euphrates. It is he who multiplies understanding, like the river Jordan in the time of the harvest.
37. He sends forth discipline like the light, and he stands forth like the river Gehon in the time of the vintage.
38. He first had perfect knowledge of her, for a weaker one would not search for her.
39. For her thoughts abound like the sea, and her counsels abound like the great abyss.
40. “I, wisdom, have poured forth rivers.
41. I am like a brook leading to a river of immense waters. I am like a channel flowing from a river. And I went forth from Paradise like an aqueduct.
42. I said: I will irrigate my garden of plantings, and I will thoroughly water the fruits of my field.
43. And behold, my brook became overflowing, and my river drew near to the sea.
44. For I illuminate doctrine to all, like the first light. And I will announce doctrine, even to those who are far away.
45. I will reach to all the lower parts of the earth, and I will gaze upon all who sleep, and I will illuminate all who hope in the Lord.
46. Even now, I pour forth doctrine like prophecy. And even now, I bequeath doctrine to those who seek wisdom. And I will not cease from their progeny, even unto the holy time.
47. See how I have not labored for myself alone, but for all who are seeking truth!”

## Sirach 24 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Sapientia laudabit animam suam, et in Deo honorabitur, et in medio populi sui gloriabitur,
2. et in ecclesiis Altissimi aperiet os suum, et in conspectu virtutis illius gloriabitur,
3. et in medio populi sui exaltabitur, et in plenitudine sancta admirabitur,
4. et in multitudine electorum habebit laudem, et inter benedictos benedicetur, dicens:
5. Ego ex ore Altissimi prodivi, primogenita ante omnem creaturam.
6. Ego feci in cælis ut oriretur lumen indeficiens, et sicut nebula texi omnem terram.
7. Ego in altissimis habitavi, et thronus meus in columna nubis.
8. Gyrum cæli circuivi sola, et profundum abyssi penetravi: in fluctibus maris ambulavi.
9. Et in omni terra steti: et in omni populo,
10. et in omni gente primatum habui:
11. et omnium excellentium et humilium corda virtute calcavi. Et in his omnibus requiem quæsivi, et in hæreditate Domini morabor.
12. Tunc præcepit, et dixit mihi Creator omnium: et qui creavit me, requievit in tabernaculo meo.
13. Et dixit mihi: In Jacob inhabita, et in Israël hæreditare, et in electis meis mitte radices.
14. Ab initio et ante sæcula creata sum, et usque ad futurum sæculum non desinam: et in habitatione sancta coram ipso ministravi.
15. Et sic in Sion firmata sum, et in civitate sanctificata similiter requievi, et in Jerusalem potestas mea.
16. Et radicavi in populo honorificato, et in parte Dei mei hæreditas illius, et in plenitudine sanctorum detentio mea.
17. Quasi cedrus exaltata sum in Libano, et quasi cypressus in monte Sion:
18. quasi palma exaltata sum in Cades, et quasi plantatio rosæ in Jericho:
19. quasi oliva speciosa in campis, et quasi platanus exaltata sum juxta aquam in plateis.
20. Sicut cinnamomum et balsamum aromatizans odorem dedi; quasi myrrha electa dedi suavitatem odoris:
21. et quasi storax, et galbanus, et ungula, et gutta, et quasi Libanus non incisus vaporavi habitationem meam, et quasi balsamum non mistum odor meus.
22. Ego quasi terebinthus extendi ramos meos, et rami mei honoris et gratiæ.
23. Ego quasi vitis fructificavi suavitatem odoris: et flores mei fructus honoris et honestatis.
24. Ego mater pulchræ dilectionis, et timoris, et agnitionis, et sanctæ spei.
25. In me gratia omnis viæ et veritatis: in me omnis spes vitæ et virtutis.
26. Transite ad me, omnes qui concupiscitis me, et a generationibus meis implemini:
27. spiritus enim meus super mel dulcis, et hæreditas mea super mel et favum.
28. Memoria mea in generationes sæculorum.
29. Qui edunt me, adhuc esurient, et qui bibunt me, adhuc sitient.
30. Qui audit me non confundetur, et qui operantur in me non peccabunt:
31. qui elucidant me, vitam æternam habebunt.
32. Hæc omnia liber vitæ, et testamentum Altissimi, et agnitio veritatis.
33. Legem mandavit Moyses in præceptis justitiarum, et hæreditatem domui Jacob, et Israël promissiones.
34. Posuit David, puero suo, excitare regem ex ipso fortissimum, et in throno honoris sedentem in sempiternum.
35. Qui implet quasi Phison sapientiam, et sicut Tigris in diebus novorum:
36. qui adimplet quasi Euphrates sensum, qui multiplicat quasi Jordanis in tempore messis:
37. qui mittit disciplinam sicut lucem, et assistens quasi Gehon in die vindemiæ.
38. Qui perficit primus scire ipsam, et infirmior non investigabit eam.
39. A mari enim abundavit cogitatio ejus, et consilium illius ab abysso magna.
40. Ego sapientia effudi flumina:
41. ego quasi trames aquæ immensæ de fluvio: ego quasi fluvii dioryx, et sicut aquæductus exivi de paradiso.
42. Dixi: Rigabo hortum meum plantationum, et inebriabo prati mei fructum.
43. Et ecce factus est mihi trames abundans, et fluvius meus appropinquavit ad mare:
44. quoniam doctrinam quasi antelucanum illumino omnibus, et enarrabo illam usque ad longinquum.
45. Penetrabo omnes inferiores partes terræ, et inspiciam omnes dormientes, et illuminabo omnes sperantes in Domino.
46. Adhuc doctrinam quasi prophetiam effundam, et relinquam illam quærentibus sapientiam, et non desinam in progenies illorum usque in ævum sanctum.
47. Videte quoniam non soli mihi laboravi, sed omnibus exquirentibus veritatem.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 34: “A most mighty king” … Viz., Christ, who by his gospel, like an overflowing river, has enriched the earth with heavenly wisdom.
- Verse 38: Christ was the first that had perfect knowledge of heavenly wisdom.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).